SERICEOUS

downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous

(adjective) covered with fine soft hairs or down; “downy milkweed seeds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

sericeous (comparative more sericeous, superlative most sericeous)

Of or relating to silk; consisting of silk; silky.

(botany) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface.

(zoology) Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs.

Source: Wiktionary

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Se*ri"ceous, a. Etym: [L. sericus silken, sericum Seric stuff, silk, fr. Sericus belonging to the Seres, Gr. Silk, Serge a woolen stuff.]

1. Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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